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A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria (1884)

Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited; New York, A. C. Armstrong and Son · leaf 248

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possible, to makefurther extracts from this curious series of reliefs ; to have shown,here naked prisoners defiling under the eyes of the conqueror,there Assyrian archers shooting at the heaped-up heads of theirslain enemies. But we have perforce been content with giving,by a few carefully chosen… … Assyrian Sculpture. 217 that intervened between the sculptors of Assurnazirpal and thoseof the Saroronids. It is probable that the scheme of this vast composition was dueto a single mind ; from one end to the other there is an obvioussimilarity of thought and style. But several different hands…

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